well, we recently spoke to john blank, chief equity strategist at zacks investment research. he gave us a pretty good look ahead at 2013 and where the opportunities may lie. bulls or bears, who will be doing most of the running in 2013? > > in my camp, i am a bull, and i think we can get a 10% return out of next year. > very good. how about through the year? will it start out looking a little weak and we will find our stride in later quarters? > > that is mercury to me. i think you are probably likely to see a january effect and have pop, which is traditional. and i expect through april or may you might see the bulk of the run, and then it will taper off. > focus on some sectors. a lot of people are saying healthcare is going to continue to be robust. how do you see it? > > i am actually bullish on global sectors. i think we are going to see an asia-pacific-, china-driven market that we haven't seen in five years. and i see i.t., which is beaten down right now, but i would take a position in. i see industrials, which have good global exposure as a stock area that would put so